Govt hires Malawi News Editor Steve Nhlane as Presidential Press Secretary
President Joyce Banda has hired Malawi News Editor Steve Nhlane as Presidential Press Secretary. Nhlane will also combine the role […]
Chaponda defends Bingu’s nepotism, tears apart JB speech
Malawi’s former ruling Democratic Progressive Party leader in parliament Dr. George Chaponda has torn apart President Joyce Banda’s speech describing […]
John Tembo welcomes new era of Malawi democracy
Malawi’s leader of opposition John Tembo has said the end of an era of oppression, suppression and depression has beckoned […]
Chanco denies looting at Catholic University
Chancellor College has categorically denied looting foodstuffs worth about K300, 000 from the cafeteria at the Catholic University of Malawi […]
Budget not finalised for Friday, statement postponed
The budget statement will not be presented this Friday as earlier scheduled as the budget for the year 2012 to […]
Mixed reactions over Malawi’s plan to repeal anti-gay law
Repealing a colonial-era ban on homosexuality may please foreign donors, intent on protecting democratic rights of minorities. But it causes […]
Joyce Banda asks G8 countries to invest in Malawi
Malawi leader Mrs. Joyce Banda has appealed to world’s top eight richest countries, otherwise known as Group of 8 (G8) […]
JB didn’t consult Malawians on homosexuality legalisation – Petra
The decision by the People’s Party (PP) led government to repeal anti-homosexuality laws in the country has been hastened as […]
MHRC wants July 20 ‘killer cops’ prosecuted
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has asked President Joyce Banda to institute “credible and impartial investigations and prosecution” of […]
China puts its mark in Malawi
China’s presence in Malawi has been growing steadily since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 2007 and signed a […]
Chief Justice Munlo denies being part of coup plot
Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo, through his lawyers Patrice Nkhono and Samuel Tembenu, has dared critics to formally lodge and substantiate […]
Govt appoints election commissioners
President Joyce Banda has appointed 10 people to be commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec). The 10, who were […]
Define Africa by its potential and not its problems – US
The United States has stated that it was time that Africa was defined by its potentials and promises and not […]
Airtel Malawi hands over first pick-up in Yabooka promotion
50 year old Clement Mukhumbwa, retired secondary school teacher at Chitipa Boma on Friday became the first recipient of the […]
Four UDF MPs desert young Muluzi
Just a few weeks after the Deputy National Organising Secretary for the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) Levy Luwemba and […]
UN tells Africa to stop begging and grow food
The declaration by the UN that Africa has suitable conditions to feed its people was spot on. At no other […]
Joyce Banda to reinstate good political and economic governance
President Joyce Banda on Friday addressed Parliament for the first time since assuming office spelling out her dream for a […]
Zambia ready to arrest Sudan’s Al Bashir
While Malawi is dithering on the matter of Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al Bashir, Zambia has broken ranks with most […]
Lesbians engage in BT, immune to arrest as Mw Penal Code only prohibits gays
Malawi police are likely to arrest two lesbians who engaged in Blantyre recently, a second development in three years after […]
Government gets 105 more MPs for free
The sitting plan in Parliament on the opening of the budget sitting on Friday has indicated that the Joyce Banda […]
Malawians should support President Banda for the nation’s goodness
President Joyce Banda’s state-of-the-nation address delivered yesterday has shed some light on what her administration hopes to achieve economically, socially […]